NATIONAL TRANSPORT AWARDS

NTA: National Transport Awards

ABOUT THE AWARDS

Supported by the Department for Transport, Transport Focus, and the Association for Consultancy & Engineering, the 2016 National Transport Awards will take place at the Westminster Park Plaza, London on 12th October 2017.

The 17th Annual National Transport Awards celebrates the successes that have been achieved on so many national and local transport projects. As always, these projects have shown the judges the tangible results they've achieved, improving the experience for their transport users and ultimately adding to the successful development of the nation’s transport infrastructure.

Chris Grayling was appointed as Secretary of State for Transport on 14 July 2016. He was elected Conservative MP for Epsom and Ewell in 2001.

Chris served as Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions from May 2010 until September 2012. He was Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice from September 2012 until May 2015, and Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons from May 2015 until 14 July 2016.

He also held a number of shadow front bench posts, including Shadow Home Secretary and Shadow Secretary of State for Transport.

HOST

Hugh Dennis

Hugh made his name as one half of Punt & Dennis. He and Steve Punt still appear together on Radio 4's The Now Show, whilst Hugh also captains his team on Mock The Week, and stars in Outnumbered - the wonderfully inventive semi-improvised BBC sitcom.

After originally working as a brand manager for Unilever, Hugh turned a talent for impressions to better use and began to provide voices for Spitting Image. He then became a regular guest on the Jasper Carott Show and joined the team on the seminal stand up and sketch show The Mary Whitehouse Experience, which first aired on the radio before becoming a BBC2 hit.

Hugh and Steve starred in several peak time series of their own, including The Imaginatively Titled Punt & Dennis Show - and Me, You and Him. Hugh then went on to star alongside Ardal O'Hanlon in My Hero as well as a host of both comic and serious roles from New Tricks to Agatha Christie's Marple, Not Going Out to Doctors.